its all about the heart

after that serious beautiful worship of my last post this will is sure to make you laugh

what are some of your favorite moments during worship?

Healer

A song that God has his hand on right now.  Watching the following videos and see what I mean.

I am Still ALIVE

I am still alive even though I have not Blogged in a week today.  This has really been the last thing on my mind.  As most of you know if not all you, I have been offered a position at Northgate Foursquare Church.  My Team and I will be looking after the church media, sound, video, graphics, and print. 

I am really quite excited to be moving back up to the valley, but for now it is all about getting everything organized for the move with packing and finishing up work and making sure that all the necessary people in Victoria Foursquare are ready to take over the youth ministry that Amy has been looking after and for me the keep helping out our audio guys.

If any one is in Victoria and they would like to help with some packing just send me an email. 

New Phone

Well today I went and got a new phone since in the end of august I will be moving to Courtenay to start my new job (it's going to be soooo SWEET) 

I got the new BlackBerry Curve, isn't is purdy!  I can Facebook Twitter and Blog all from my phone. Who needs a computer any more? (I do) any way if you need my new number send me an email 

Week in Courtenay

It’s always a tone of fun when I get the chance to go up to Courtenay so spend some time with friends and help out with student ministries. This week was one of those weeks it was totally awesome!

When I got into town after my beautifully long train ride I was met by one of the coolest people that I know Jason Eliason (find his blog here) and along side him was the new kids pastor, Matt Delblanc (find his blog here). Once they had picked me up we went for lunch at Safeway, if you wondering you can get great pannines and subs there. We made our way back to the church so Jason and Matt could go back work while I just hung out distracting the rest of the office staff and interns. Then off to Jason and Kelsey’s (find her blog here) house for dinner and sleep.
The second day of my time up in Courtenay was great as well! To start the day off I went to the gym with Jay and Kels it was fun and was also my first time going to a gym to workout, thanks for the inspiration you guys rock! After that we got some breakfast and went to the church for 9 am. A little while after we got to the church Pastor Scott (find his blog here) took me out for coffee and we had a meeting about how my life is going how the family is what my plans for the future are, thanks for a great meeting Pastor Scott. After lunch I got to join Shift for one of their summer events and go mini golfing it was so much fun. My team was Alana a super cool young girl and it was her first day ever going to Shift, Campbell a funny guy who you just cant help but laugh when he or his brother are anywhere near you, and the one and only Breanne an ex Master’s student. Thanks for letting my help with the mini golf!

Day three, the main reason I went up to Courtenay in the first place. Today is the day that we have been waiting for. My beautiful wife went in for her ultrasound in the morning and by lunch time all of us in the church office were looking at a few of the first pictures of our new baby boy or girl, too bad I was not in Victoria to go with her. Also today is Noise Level, the first annual concert in the park put on by the Northgate Youth and Comox Pentecostal Youth. Thanks Jason and Mike! I was there to help out with this killer event. Pastor Corey and I looked after the entire audio portion of the concert from the set up to the mixing and the final strike. Pastor Corey worked the monitor mix as I did the front of house mix, thanks for the help Pastor Corey we couldn’t of done it without you. The concert went great! The first band up was Dialect 9 form the Comox Valley, great musicians with a unique sound. The second band was My Broken Hero form Port Albernie, another great band with some really fun lively stage presence Great Job to both bands. And finally to all the volunteers that helped put on the show Awesome job!!!

Day four, my last full day in Courtenay for this trip. Today holds one of the most unique events I have ever taken part in. Ice Blocking if you don’t know what that is you urge you to take a look at Kelsey Eliason’s Blog she posted a couple links to videos that will show you what ice blocking is all about. If you ever get the chance you should do it you will laugh cry and get a wet bum and it is totally worth it. This evening we went out to Pastor Scott and Naomi’s camp for a barbeque it was a great time hanging around the fire.

And finally today we got to the church for 9 am I said my byes went to lunch with Jason and Pastor Matt, and now I am on the train back to Victoria

RagamuffinTop Challenge

Hey everyone sorry there will be no update this week dew to the fact that i will be in Courtenay until Friday. will most defiantly have an update next monday

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Scott's blog is the place to go. If you enjoy shooting buildings and interesting people you need to see todays post about some of the basics of copyright, model release and shooting in public.

Go visit his blog www.scottkelby.com

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Running with Music

Just got back from a run, it was quite painful my right calf is killing me but I still went my full 5k just not as fast as i would of liked

RagamuffinTop Challenge

Time to check in. My eating sucked this week, because it being the last busy week at work there was not too much time to eat well i would only eat one meal a day and it would be too big and the food would not be very good. it would be burgers or fried food.
How many times did i get out running this week
3 times. but the 3rd time it was so hot out that i was only able to go 2.5 km and my right calf and shin was really quite sore

time to weigh in

Last week 241.2

this week 242.4

so i am up 1.2 pounds

does anyone have any good resources on healthy eating?

A Good Run

Just got back from a great run with my best time yet see below for my Nike+ stats

Abandoned Inspiration

Looking at pictures for inspiration on my own photography or photoshop projects is something that I really enjoy doing. Starting today I am going to try and post a weekly inspirational website, blog or photo album that has inspired me.

This week I came across a site called Opacity.  Tom Kirsch, also known as Mr. Motts, is an amazing photographer that specializes in abandoned building, factories and cemeteries.

check out his site here

Nike +

With our money that the government gave us both Amy and purchased some new running shoes, and I also got the NIKE+.  Now I can keep better track of my running performance and make sure I am always improving 

my first run with nike+ plus

RagamuffinTop Challenge

Time to check in and see I have have gotten any closer to my goal of 180 lbs.

this week

Running 3 times

10Km walk

drum roll please ...

last week 243.3

this week

well i was hoping to be below 240 but at least there was a loss of 2.1 lbs

Running with Music

I just got a new toy the 3rd generation iPod nano, the silver one it goes with my MacBook Pro, its great!  The best part is now I have some music to run to.  Now I need to figure out a playlist of great running music

What kind of music do you work out to? 

Where does the Time Go?

What I have noticed about this month, the glorious month of June, is that it has the longest day of the year!  So would that not mean that I would have more time to do stuff?  No, I don't think so. The craziness of work is just getting worse for the rest of the month. To put that in perspective all my revenue is double what it normally is, and to continue on that this week I have one group that has come in and is more then doubling what my average week would take in.

if you are wondering when I get my devos in well i need something to do on the bus:)

RagamuffinTop Challenge

Well, this week really sucked with work and trying to work out I did not get out on any runs and I even had a cancel my work out that I would of had after work at the Delta but the conference ran late and we had stuff to do at the other hotel.

I don't have a picture this week my camera is full from this weekend!

but I have gained 1.3 pounds this week

My goal for this week is to loose 7 pounds, run at least 3 times and go to the gym at least 1 time and go climbing at least 1 time

Long time No post

Well, as you know it has really been a long time since I have posted anything.  I will give you a run down of my week.   WORK!  I have been working behind the tech table for CSDMS Canadian Society of Diagnostic Sonographers.  So what am I actually doing at my tech table?  I load allot of Power Point Presentations, trouble shoot almost as many presentations as I load on the the show computer.  Also I need to be running the audio for up to 4 wireless mics in a mixture of handhelds, lavs(lapel), and headset mics.  Still there is more stuff going on.  I am also running a video record on a basic DVD recorder ( I am always afraid it wont work, because there is no way I can tell if it is working properly)  so that is pretty much what I have been doing for the last few days about 13 hours each day.

The Conference is at some points quite interesting, and at some points quite boring, and again as some points quite disgusting.  One of the things that i found interesting was on the first day of the event when they were talking about ultrasound and some of the machines.  Did you know that you can actually see your baby in the womb in 3D and in real time. It was pretty neat.   

I should get back to work 

RagamuffinTop Challenge

Well, I guess it is time for me to check in.  This is my first week of the challenge, it was a good week there was more weight loss then I would of guessed I could do.  so what did I do this week well I went Climbing 2 times and I went running 3 times. 

so lets see how I did.

Last Week 

This Week

So i am down 8.8 pounds

only 62 more to go!

Pray BC

Today I took part in Pray BC it was AWSOME!  There were about 150 people or so in worship and prayer on the legislative lawn.  During the afternoon there was pryer for the different parts of the government, the police and other security enforcement, our military and men and women overseas.  There was also prayer for the teachers and education, and finally we prayed for the local church and its leadership.

To see the local church come together as one body is great and now my prayer is that there will be more of the church participating in events like this and see double the people in the next Pray BC event